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TS Entertainment and Shinhwa Company have both responded to accusations that B.A.P's new song "Badman" was copied from Shinhwa's "We Can Get It On".
Shinhwa fans discovered similarities between the two songs and had demanded some sort of action. TS Entertainment responded, "We know that there are claims that B.A.P's 'Badman' and Shinhwa's 'We Can Get It On' are similar. However, it's not plagiarized, and we didn't put out a statement because we had no plans to respond. It's the same case for 'No Mercy'."
Shinhwa Company similarly said, "We hear that B.A.P and Shinhwa's songs are similar. But we're not making a big deal out of it. B.A.P is a distant hoobae to Shinhwa, so we just hope they do well."
*So what do you think? Does the song sound similar?
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B.A.P is B.A.P and Shinhwa is Shinhwa.
ReplyDeleteit's only a small part that sounds a lil similar. but it's different.....
ReplyDeleteNope. Similar notes, but different style of music and different octaves and different presentation altogether.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! :)
DeleteThank god for Shinhwa's statement. You can barely hear the similarities.
ReplyDeleteApparently Allkpop edited a part of TS's statement and/or TS changed their statement after seeing how stupid and immature it sounds, which said :
ReplyDelete"We are aware of there being talks about the similarities between the two songs. The song was not plagiarized and we don't feel that it was worth responding to so we never released a statement on the issue. It is the same for 'No Mercy'. If people consider this plagiarism, then A Pink's 'No No No' and S.E.S. should be plagiarism as well. There are a lot of similar songs these days. We feel that these accusations are coming from Shinhwa's fandom."
I FACEPALMED MY FACE SO MANY TIMES AFTER READING THIS. Yes, there are so many acts of plagiarism but they did not have to directly point out a group. By doing that they sounded like children, justifying themselves by saying someone else did the same thing. They just need to mind their own business and address their own problems instead of pointing fingers.
ALSO, because of this unprofessional statement(they really need to fire the person in charge of PR), B.A.P has gained so many anti fans.
ALSO, "We feel that these accusations are coming from Shinhwa's fandom." THATS A BIG NO NO TS. Shinwa are extremely close to shinwa Changjo.
This has seriously put bad light on B.A.P. I was really hoping TS would handle this well, something like," We apologize and notice the similarities but they were unintentional." But they sound kinda arrogant in their statement, saying "we don't feel that it was worth responding to so we never released a statement on the issue".
**** I did some searching around and yes ALLKPOP is giving incorrect information.(BTW STOP GOING TO ALLKPOP!!! THEY HAVE A BAD REP, I stopped going there for info a long time ago) Shinwa's company's statement is :
"We are aware of there being talks about the similarities between the two songs. However, Shinhwa is currently on break after their Asia tour so we will have to check in on the matter with them."
Shinwa HASN'T EVEN MADE A OFFICIAL STATEMENT YET, and it kinda seems like they don't give a fuck. vacation > plagiarism issue. LOL but hopefully will be lenient.
There are also accusations of TS buying back 17k of B.A.P's albums in 30 minutes to increase their number of sales. MAN TS, THEY NEED TO GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER, if they are gonna do that then be a bit more discreet and not in 30 minutes.. (there is a possiblitiy that the 17k are preorders.. hopefully because I preordered and I know BABYz are working really hard to get B.A.P alot of awards this comeback.. lets cross our fingers.. )
In the long run, the boys are gonna be the ones criticized -_-.. and I feel bad for Yongguk, he seemed to have alot of pride in BADMAN even though he just wrote the lyrics, but its accused of plagiarism. And Excuse Me(my favorite song of the album) kinda just.. seems contradictory??(idk what word to use but hopefully you know what i mean) in the current situation..
*********OH YEAH, the allkpop article is written by jennywill(known for starting fanwars), but also is a Baby. Which MIGHT explain why she manipulated the article so much..
correction:
Deleteapparently after the article was released it was edited (the park about apink and fans)
TS WILL "NEVER" SAY SMOETHING LIKE THIS ... THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ALLKPOP ARTICLE ... CUZ PPL WILL BE HATING ON B.A.P & TS ITSELF >< NOW I OFFICIALLY HATE "ALLKPOP" >< & BTW THE SONGS R COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ... I HOPE THIS WON'T EFFECT ON B.A.P'S RANKING OR POPULARITY :'(((
Deleteare you a BABY?
ReplyDeleteYes I am a Baby ^^
DeleteI really can't hear a simalirty between the songs. It's completely different.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you.
DeleteSeriously?!?! This is not plagiarism, yes there's similarities in the flow of some lines, but the instrumentals aren't the same, the lyrics aren't the same, the choreo isn't the same, they just follow a similar flow. It's like if you wan't to talk about plagiarism, look at some artists from other countries that've plagiarized artists like MBLAQ and 2NE1, their instrumentals and flow of the song were practically identical, they even took from the choreo too. I'm just glad that both companies came to a general consensus that it's similar, but not plagiarized, and that Shinhwa's company wants nothing but their distant hoobae's to do well
ReplyDeleteC'mon babyz. Calm down,now. Shinhwa had already said it's okay for them. They respect B.A.P,so let give them with fully respect too,ok? ;) It's already settled now. I don't know much about Shinhwa 'cuz i'm more into western musics lately and eversince i was little. So,no need for the fuss anymore. Are we cool?^ ^
ReplyDeleteAfter listening to Shinhwa's Just Get It On song,i was like,whoa~ This is my first time to hear them sang like that!^ ^' So~Funky,Y'All!X) Why can't they sing like this kind of song after their coming back,huh?? '_' My respect to Shinhwa! p.s. fact is,i'm more older than Shinhwa!XD I was born in 1976,Lee Hyori & Won Bin are all 1977,Shinhwa mostly 1979! hehehe.. but yeah,i'm still single,unmarried,no kids~ ok,enough of that already!XD lol..sorry~ ^ ^' and..Peace~ ^ ^v
ReplyDeletewhere's the similarity? =.=
ReplyDelete*correction* We Can Get It On - Shinhwa // Youngjae's bridge part of singing from that Badman's lyrics sound so similar but nonetheless both songs sang differently anyways and sounds so great,in my opinion. :) Love both songs,respectively~ p.s. I hope one day,our composers/producers try to be more careful to what they're doing in the future later. Don't wanna cause anymore contoversy. '_' 2nd p.s. I wanna try other old school kpop boygroup like Sechs Kies,Dj Doc and more! see if i could catch up with those!XD Growing up listening to western songs/musics never satisfy me enough. 'cuz i love variety kind of music(globally)that too,if they sounds good. ^ ^' hehe..
ReplyDeleteyes i know. but the different is Shinhwa's note just different. Like Daehyun and Youngjaes part in Badman and no mercy. Its kinda sound similar but yet different because of the note. :) *peace*vv Thats why i love DaeJae~~ ^O^
DeleteIf you want to try old school stuff, I can send you some albums... ^^ I'm a Shinhwa and H.O.T fan but I like all oldies. Cause they are much better than the new crap.
DeleteHere is Shinhwa's discography: http://gomdoriii.tumblr.com/post/60016896251/shinhwa-discography-download-links
Here is H.O.T's: http://gomdoriii.tumblr.com/post/59525468854/oh-youre-an-h-o-t-fan-as-well-mind-recommend-me
I get really excited every time a new person shows interest in oldies :D I hope you like them!
i am just glad that they said something...it was really annoying!!!
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